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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Sullivan, right, and Capt. Jared Albright, center, talk with a local sheik following a clearing operation to sweep insurgents and caches from the abandoned village of Sha Buu’t, Jan. 3, 2008. Sullivan is commander of the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery. Albright is commander of 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Squadron's Troop B.

CLEARING OPERATIONS

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Sullivan, right, and Capt. Jared Albright, center, talk with a local sheik following a clearing operation to sweep insurgents and caches from the abandoned village of Sha Buu’t, Jan. 3, 2008. Sullivan is commander of the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery. Albright is commander of 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Squadron's Troop B.

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